[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-doted-by-the-regent-king":3,"chapter-doted-by-the-regent-king-doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-363":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Doted By The Regent King",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1324904,1760,"Chapter 363 - 363 363 Persuasion","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-363",363,"\u003Cp>363: Chapter 363 Persuasion 363: Chapter 363 Persuasion After meeting with Ji Yongqing’s family and chatting with Xiao Li about various trifling matters, Wufu felt a headache coming on and hurriedly asked to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t it enough that someone takes care of what you’re speaking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really don’t have time to manage household affairs,” Wufu said with a pained expression on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li’s lips twitched slightly as he said, “Miss, in our household, it’s only proper for the Matriarch to oversee the domestic affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Madam is ill and unable to manage things, naturally it falls to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Madam were well, these household responsibilities would be placed in her hands, and you, as her daughter, must also learn to handle them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, when you marry into another family and know nothing of managing anything, it will only make you look foolish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu looked at him, his face carrying an ‘I-have-your-best-interests-at-heart-and-you-don’t-even-appreciate-it’ expression, and said with a forced smile, “Then you’re really thinking too much, I’m not getting married.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li had just taken a sip of tea, but when he heard this, he immediately sprayed it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ears must be playing tricks on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she just say she’s not getting married?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had she been traumatized or hurt by someone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why else would she entertain such an absurd notion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, right, typically delicate young ladies say they will never marry and will stay at home forever when the topic comes up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He guessed Wufu must be the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, observing her carefree demeanor, Xiao Li felt somewhat uncertain about his assumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that she truly intended never to marry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would become of her then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of some free time, Wufu went to the back garden to see Madam Zhou, who hadn’t rested, and decisively dragged her to the estate’s small flower garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the last few days, Madam Zhou had confined herself to her room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that she didn’t wish to move around; she was afraid of other people’s gazes, which made her choose to stay put.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now deep autumn, and the leaves of the two maple trees planted in the small garden had turned deep red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also roses and Chinese roses, some not yet flowering, while others were covered in buds or in full bloom, creating a particularly pleasing view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou had spent her childhood in the countryside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had only seen those fine, grand mansions in the city through books or heard about them from Wufu’s father but had never seen them with her own eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, this small flower garden had broadened her horizons, and she felt it might resemble the kind of residence mentioned in the books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So beautiful,” Madame Zhou couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration, “Wufu, those grand mansions we hear about probably aren’t much different from this, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu smiled and said, “How could that be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are homes far grander and more luxurious than ours, with estates several times larger than ours alone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, she had seen some duke’s mansions or grand estates that were eye-opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, in these ancient times, the grandeur was even more so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our home…” Madam Zhou’s eyes became moist as she murmured to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, our home,” Wufu said as she put her arm around her mother’s shoulder and they sat down in a small pavilion, “Mother, from now on, this will be our new home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let us leave the past behind and start a new life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What do you say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou held her hand in return, her lips quivering, “Wufu, you don’t despise me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m afraid I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A child doesn’t scorn their mother’s ugliness; I know that saying too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mother, you haven’t done anything wrong, there’s no need to blame yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re a woman of integrity and you’ve done no wrong to anyone, so stop feeling guilty,” Wufu advised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From now on, the two of us will live a peaceful life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will take care of you until the end; just rest easy and be the Old Lady of the house.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such words, do they mean we have to take in a son-in-law then?” Madam Zhou, amused, brushed back some of Wufu’s hair, eyes gleaming with relief, “Don’t worry, Mother will recover.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the sake of her daughter, she had to get better.\u003C\u002Fp>",729,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.774Z",1,"novelbin.me","21bad7228d6572ffff2c9c0c767fd574ae24cefbcc8ee5fe0ac4f2296eda6f71","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-364","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-362",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]